That really depends on what you count as a Galaxy. If any cluster of stars that is gravitationally bound together counts, then there is a tiny (10,000 stars) galaxy that is orbiting The Milky Way that’s only about 10,000 light years away from us, which happens to be closer than the center of our own galaxy.
That really depends on what you count as a Galaxy. If any cluster of stars that is gravitationally bound together counts, then there is a tiny (10,000 stars) galaxy that is orbiting The Milky Way that’s only about 10,000 light years away from us, which happens to be closer than the center of our own galaxy.